Source : PERTHNOW NEWS
Ronnie Wood has created a nude painting of his Rolling Stones bandmate Sir Mick Jagger.
The 79-year-old guitarist is also an acclaimed artist and has immortalised Mick, 83, as well as the other Stones, Keith Richards, 82, and the late drummer Charlie Watts – who died on 24 August 2021 at the age of 80 – in a new artwork, Mr Charm.
The painting shows Ronnie, Keith and Charlie performing, but most strikingly, it depicts Mick with no clothes on, towering above his bandmates.
The painting has been shared on Wood’s official Instagram page and is available to buy as a limited-edition print.
An accompanying post read: “Meet Mr Charm, Ronnie’s brand new limited edition print, named after the new Rolling Stones track.
“A fresh and personal Stones study in Ronnie’s signature style, with just 195 individually numbered and hand-signed prints available. Get yours while they last.”
The painting gets its title from the track of the same name, which features on the new Rolling Stones album Foreign Tongues.
Lyrics on the track include “Life’s too short for just making money / Show me how to spend it, honey / Life’s too short to waste it living on your own / Life’s too short, nothing lasts forever / Can’t be bought, help me bring you pleasure / Life’s too short to waste it living on your own / Call me Mr. Charm, Mr. Charm, Mr. Charm / Well, I would never, never, never, never do you harm.”
Back in 2022, Ronnie unveiled a Picasso-inspired painting of The Rolling Stones, titled Abstract Performance. He displayed it on a huge billboard outside the Westfield shopping centre in London’s Wood Lane.
The rocker, who completed the painting in 2020, described it as “The Picasso Stones” and his “interpretation of Picasso’s painting The Three Dancers”.
He added: “Looking at the original, I was inspired to do my own take. I had great fun doing it.
“Picasso did his own take on a lot of artists, but I bet he never thought no one would ever do a take on him.
“I hope and think he’d be flattered, but also a bit shocked and pleasantly surprised at my take on his work.”
